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ònùnù

Noun

Ndebe script



Meanings

  1. gall; bile; bitterness (literally and fig.) great anger

    Noun
  2. small bottle-shaped calabash used as powder flask

    Noun

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ònùnù na-ata ya maka ihe ahụ o mere.

— Bitterness is eating him because of what he did.

Okwu ya jupụtara n'ònùnù nke ukwuu.

— His words are full of bitterness.

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